As they raced toward Thursday’s vote on the American Health Care Act, House Republicans found themselves fending off ghosts. Members of Congress who pledged to vote on measures after days of public debate learned to love expediency. Republicans, looking at a deeper vote deficit than Democrats face now, used Obama’s campaign trail promises of transparency as a baseline. Republicans repeatedly accused then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of springing the bill before voters could know what it would cost. Hell no, you can’t!”To Democrats’ surprise, Republicans hammered process issues through the election, promising to never again legislate like the Democrats had.

Source: Washington Post May 04, 2017 17:06 UTC